#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; my @packets=('abcdef','123456','abc123'); my $size; for $size(2..4){ print "size=$size\n"; my %substrs; my $packet; foreach $packet(@packets){ my %data; for(0..(length($packet)-$size)){ $data{substr($packet,$_,$size)}=1; } my $k; foreach $k(keys %data){ if(defined $substrs{$k}){ $substrs{$k}++; }else{ $substrs{$k}=1; } } } foreach((sort {$substrs{$b} <=> $substrs{$a}} keys %substrs)[0..5]){ print "$_ $substrs{$_}\n"; } }